James Enos "Jim" Clyburn (born July 21, 1940) a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 6th congressional district (South Carolinas 6th congressional district) of South Carolina (map). A Democrat (Democratic Party (United States)), he represents South Carolinas only majority-black district, which includes Florence (Florence, South Carolina), Sumter (Sumter, South Carolina) and large portions of Columbia (Columbia, South Carolina) and Charleston (Charleston, South Carolina).

Clyburn is the House Majority Whip (Party whips of the United States House of Representatives) in the 111th Congress (111th United States Congress), and is the third-ranking Democrat in the House behind House Speaker (Speaker of the United States House of Representatives) Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader (Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives) Steny Hoyer. He is the second African American (behind Bill Gray (William H. Gray (Pennsylvania)) of Pennsylvania) and the first South Carolinian to hold the position. He is, to date, the only African-American to be elected to Congress (African Americans in the United States Congress) from South Carolina in the modern post-Reconstruction (Reconstruction era in the United States) era.

In the 2008 presidential primary (Democratic Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2008) season, Clyburn declined to endorse any candidate until Barack Obama had already secured the nomination, after which Clyburn endorsed Obama. Clyburn was considered for Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in Obamas cabinet;Citation neededdate=August 2009 Obama appointed his eldest daughter, Mignon Clyburn, to the Federal Communications Commission.